By Debbie Jacob, Roxan Kinas, Essiba Small and Nazma Muller ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
New Music from the Caribbean
CALYPSO A Tribute To The Mighty Spoiler, Vol. 1 Various artists The Mighty Spoiler was one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most beloved...
Culture, Film and Television, Business
By Annabelle Alcazar ● Issue 30 (March/April 1998)
Wanted: Caribbean Film Investors with Imagination
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come. Starring reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, written by Trevor Rhone...
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By Various Contributors ● Issue 33 (September/October 1998)
Dancehall Queen
Jamaica’s dancehall divas and hottest artists
By Annie Paul ● Issue 33 (September/October 1998)
Della Manley: A Thousand Fireflies
The colour of her voice is Blue Mountain coffee with a good dash of evap. Della Manley’s music is a vapour released by the cauldron which...
Culture, Film and Television, People, United Kingdom
By Annie Paul ● Issue 37 (May/June 1999)
The Harder They Dance
We got the flava, we got the style Original Rude Girls, fresh all the while! The rousing rhythms and lyrics of this sizzling new film from...
By Dylan Kerrigan and Kwame Laurence ● Issue 60 (March/April 2003)
Sean Paul, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Giselle Salandy
When it comes to dancehall, 2002 belonged to the uptown Jamaican performer Sean Paul and his Dutty Cup Crew. With a historic recording deal...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 61 (May/June 2003)
The Connoisseur’s Caribbean
Every true wine lover hopes to someday tour France’s Bordeaux region, or California’s Napa Valley. Opera mavens head to Milan for...
By David Katz ● Issue 62 (July/August 2003)
Crossover Rhythms
Sean Paul and Busta Rhymes. Wycliffe Jean and Beres Hammond. Alison Hinds and Elephant Man. No Doubt and Bounty Killer. No Doubt and Lady...